VanishingHills
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
THE hills inLampungare disappearing.After years of mining and exploitation excavatingon a daily basis, the hills are now almost level.InTanjung Raya subdistrict, EastTanjungKarangdistrict, Bandar Lampung,for instance, there'sCamangHill,which local people call a bald hill.Formerly around a hundred meters high, this hill has now been cut down by about60percent.Its slope, once containing coconut, sugar palm, banana,durianand other various tree crops,
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